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Getting the better of brome grass

Researcher Sam Kleemann writes that consecutive years of management is the key to the depletion of the brome grass seedbank and its control. Without that control this highly competitive weed can seriously reduce productivity, with seeds contaminating grain samples and causing injury to livestock.

Staff Reporter
Getting the better of brome grass

Brome grass is an annual grass weed widely distributed across the wheat belt of southern Australia. In crops and pastures this highly competitive weed can markedly reduce productivity with seeds contaminating...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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